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Saitz W, Montero DA, Pardo M, Araya D, De la Fuente M, Hermoso MA, Farfán MJ, Ginard D, Rosselló-Móra R, Rasko DA, Del Canto F, Vidal RM. Characterization of Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) Outer Membrane Proteins Provides Potential Molecular Markers to Screen Putative AIEC Strains. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169005. [PMID: 36012279 PMCID: PMC9409007 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) is a pathotype associated with the etiopathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD), albeit with an as-yet unclear role. The main pathogenic mechanisms described for AIEC are adherence to epithelial cells, invasion of epithelial cells, and survival and replication within macrophages. A few virulence factors have been described as participating directly in these phenotypes, most of which have been evaluated only in AIEC reference strains. To date, no molecular markers have been identified that can differentiate AIEC from other E. coli pathotypes, so these strains are currently identified based on the phenotypic characterization of their pathogenic mechanisms. The identification of putative AIEC molecular markers could be beneficial not only from the diagnostic point of view but could also help in better understanding the determinants of AIEC pathogenicity. The objective of this study was to identify molecular markers that contribute to the screening of AIEC strains. For this, we characterized outer membrane protein (OMP) profiles in a group of AIEC strains and compared them with the commensal E. coli HS strain. Notably, we found a set of OMPs that were present in the AIEC strains but absent in the HS strain. Moreover, we developed a PCR assay and performed phylogenomic analyses to determine the frequency and distribution of the genes coding for these OMPs in a larger collection of AIEC and other E. coli strains. As result, it was found that three genes (chuA, eefC, and fitA) are widely distributed and significantly correlated with AIEC strains, whereas they are infrequent in commensal and diarrheagenic E. coli strains (DEC). Additional studies are needed to validate these markers in diverse strain collections from different geographical regions, as well as investigate their possible role in AIEC pathogenicity.
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- Waleska Saitz
- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
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- Programa de Inmunología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
- Centro Integrativo de Biología y Química Aplicada (CIBQA), Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago 8370993, Chile
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- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
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- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
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- Programa de Inmunología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
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- Programa de Inmunología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, 9712 Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil Oriente, Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7500539, Chile
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Palma Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, 07120 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Grupo de Microbiología Marina, Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA; CSIC-UIB), 07190 Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
- Correspondence: (F.D.C.); (R.M.V.)
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- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
- Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile
- Correspondence: (F.D.C.); (R.M.V.)
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Noel G, Doucet M, Nataro JP, Kaper JB, Zachos NC, Pasetti MF. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is phagocytosed by macrophages underlying villus-like intestinal epithelial cells: modeling ex vivo innate immune defenses of the human gut. Gut Microbes 2017; 9:0. [PMID: 29087765 PMCID: PMC6219640 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1398871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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There is a paucity of information on diarrheagenic enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)'s interaction with innate immune cells, in part due to the lack of reliable models that recapitulate infection in human gut. In a recent publication, we described the development of an ex vivo enteroid-macrophage co-culture model using human primary cells. We reported that macrophages residing underneath the epithelial monolayer acquired "resident macrophage" phenotype characterized by lower production of inflammatory cytokines and strong phagocytic activity. These macrophages extended projections across the epithelium, which captured ETEC applied to the apical side of the epithelium and reduced luminal bacterial load. Additional evidence presented in this addendum confirms these findings and further demonstrates that macrophage adaptation occurs regardless of the stage of differentiation of epithelial cells, and that ETEC uptake arises rapidly after infection. The enteroid-macrophage co-culture represents a novel and relevant tool to study host-cell interactions and pathogenesis of enteric infections in humans.
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- Gaelle Noel
- Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Altered Cytokine Expression and Barrier Properties after In Vitro Infection of Porcine Epithelial Cells with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Probiotic Enterococcus faecium. Mediators Inflamm 2017; 2017:2748192. [PMID: 28607532 PMCID: PMC5457759 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2748192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to elucidate the effects of the probiotic feed additive Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 (E. faecium) on porcine jejunal epithelial cells (IPEC-J2) during an in vitro challenge with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). Cells were incubated with E. faecium, ETEC, or both, and the effects on barrier function and structure and intra- and intercellular signaling were determined. Coincubation with E. faecium abolished the ETEC-induced decrease in transepithelial resistance (Rt) (p ≤ 0.05). No differences were seen in the expression levels of the intercellular connecting tight junction proteins examined. However, for the first time, a reorganization of the monolayer was observed in ETEC-infected cells but not in coincubated cells. ETEC induced an increase in cytotoxicity that was prevented by coincubation (p ≤ 0.05), whereas apoptosis rates were not affected by bacterial treatment. ETEC increased the mRNA expression and release of proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1α, and IL-6 which could be prevented by coincubation for TNF-α mRNA expression and IL-6 protein (p ≤ 0.05). Likewise, cAMP concentrations elevated by ETEC were reduced in coincubated cells (p ≤ 0.05). These findings indicate a protective effect of the probiotic E. faecium on inflammatory responses during infection with ETEC.
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Involvement of quorum sensing and heat-stable enterotoxin a in cell damage caused by a porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain. Infect Immun 2011; 79:1688-95. [PMID: 21300771 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01281-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains with K88 fimbriae are often associated with the outbreaks of diarrhea in newborn and weaned piglets worldwide. In the present study, we observed that 10⁸ CFU/ml of K88(+) ETEC strain JG280 caused more death of pig intestinal IPEC-J2 cells than did 10⁹ CFU/ml, suggesting that ETEC-induced cell death was cell density dependent and that quorum sensing (QS) may play a role in pathogenesis. Subsequent investigations demonstrated a positive correlation between autoinducer 2 (AI-2) activity of JG280 and death of IPEC-J2 cells during the infection for up to 3 h. However, there was a negative correlation between AI-2 activity and expression of the JG280 enterotoxin genes estA and estB when IPEC-J2 cells were exposed to the pathogen at 10⁸ CFU/ml. We therefore cloned the luxS gene (responsible for AI-2 production) from JG280 and overexpressed it in E. coli DH5α, because deletion of the luxS gene was retarded by the lack of suitable antibiotic selection markers and the resistance of this pathogen to a wide range of antibiotics. The addition of culture fluid from E. coli DH5α with the overexpressed luxS reduced cell death of IPEC-J2 cells by 10⁸ CFU/ml JG280. The addition also reduced the estA expression by JG280. Nonpathogenic K88(+) strain JFF4, which lacks the enterotoxin genes, caused no death of IPEC-J2 cells, although it produced AI-2 activity comparable to that produced by JG280. These results suggest the involvement of AI-2-mediated quorum sensing in K88(+) ETEC pathogenesis, possibly through a negative regulation of STa production.
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Chen Q, Chen T, Xu Y, Zhu J, Jiang Y, Zhao Y, Xu J, Yu C. Steroid receptor coactivator 3 is required for clearing bacteria and repressing inflammatory response in Escherichia coli-induced septic peritonitis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 185:5444-52. [PMID: 20881187 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Steroid receptor coactivator 3 (SRC-3) is a multifunctional protein that plays an important role in regulation of bacterial LPS-induced inflammation. However, its involvement in host defense against bacterial infection remains unclear. In this study, we used SRC-3 knockout mice to assess the role of SRC-3 in antibacterial defense in Escherichia coli-induced septic peritonitis. After E. coli bacteria were injected i.p., SRC-3-deficient mice exhibited excessive local and systemic inflammatory responses and more severe bacterial burdens, leading to a significantly higher mortality compared with wild-type mice. Peritoneal macrophages of SRC-3-deficient mice showed a decrease in bacterial phagocytosis in culture and an increase in apoptosis, which was consistent with the defective bacterial clearance observed in SRC-3-deficient mice. Accordingly, SRC-3 null macrophages expressed much lower levels of scavenger receptor A, the antioxidant enzyme catalase, and antiapoptotic gene Bcl-2. Collectively, our data demonstrate that SRC-3 is important not only in modulating the local and systemic inflammation but also in intensifying bacterial clearance, which highlights a pivotal role of SRC-3 in the host defense system against bacterial infection.
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- Qiang Chen
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) are the most abundant white cell in humans and an essential component of the innate immune system. PMNs are typically the first type of leukocyte recruited to sites of infection or areas of inflammation. Ingestion of microorganisms triggers production of reactive oxygen species and fusion of cytoplasmic granules with forming phagosomes, leading to effective killing of ingested microbes. Phagocytosis of bacteria typically accelerates neutrophil apoptosis, which ultimately promotes the resolution of infection. However, some bacterial pathogens alter PMN apoptosis to survive and thereby cause disease. Herein, we review PMN apoptosis and the ability of microorganisms to alter this important process.
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- Adam D Kennedy
- Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli modulates host intestinal cell membrane asymmetry and metabolic activity. Infect Immun 2008; 77:341-7. [PMID: 18936181 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01097-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a common cause of travelers' and postweaning diarrhea in humans and swine, respectively. The extent to which ETEC damages host cells is unclear. Experiments are presented that probe the ability of porcine ETEC isolates to induce apoptosis and cell death in porcine intestinal epithelial cells. Quantification of host phosphatidylserine exposure following ETEC infection suggested that ETEC induced changes in plasma membrane asymmetry, independent of the expression of the heat-labile enterotoxin. Significant host cell death was not observed. ETEC infection also caused a drastic inhibition of host esterase activity, as measured by calcein fluorescence. While ETEC infection resulted in activation of host caspase 3, terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling of DNA double-strand breakage, indicative of late stages of apoptosis, was not observed. Camptothecin-induced apoptosis markedly increased subsequent ETEC adherence. Transfer of cell-free supernatants from apoptotic cells to bacterial inocula prior to infection of naïve cells increased the transcriptional activity of the regulatory region upstream of the K88ac operon and promoted subsequent adherence to host cells.
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Desnues B, Ihrig M, Raoult D, Mege JL. Whipple's disease: a macrophage disease. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2006; 13:170-8. [PMID: 16467322 PMCID: PMC1391942 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.13.2.170-178.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Benoît Desnues
- Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Fédératif de Recherche, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
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Darfeuille-Michaud A. Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli: a putative new E. coli pathotype associated with Crohn's disease. Int J Med Microbiol 2002; 292:185-93. [PMID: 12398209 DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown aetiology. Genetically engineered rodent models showed that IBDs are immunologically mediated and that luminal bacteria play an essential role in the development of the inflammation. Various bacterial pathogens have been incriminated but results have been conflicting. A new pathovar of E. coli, designated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) may be associated with CD. AIEC strains colonize the intestinal mucosa by adhering to intestinal epithelial cells. They are also true invasive pathogens, able to invade intestinal epithelial cells via a macropinocytosis-like process, and to survive and replicate intracellularly after lysis of the endocytic vacuole. Within macrophages, AIEC strains survive and replicate extensively without inducing host cell death and induce the release of high amounts of TNFalpha. All these virulence properties designate AIEC as a possible pathogen potentially able to induce persistent intestinal inflammation, by crossing and breaching the intestinal barrier, moving to deep tissues, and continuously activating macrophages.
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- Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud
- Pathogénie Bactérienne Intestinale, Institut Universitaire de Technologie et Faculté de Pharmacie, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Glasser AL, Boudeau J, Barnich N, Perruchot MH, Colombel JF, Darfeuille-Michaud A. Adherent invasive Escherichia coli strains from patients with Crohn's disease survive and replicate within macrophages without inducing host cell death. Infect Immun 2001; 69:5529-37. [PMID: 11500426 PMCID: PMC98666 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.9.5529-5537.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli strains recovered from Crohn's disease (CD) lesions are able to adhere to and invade cultured intestinal epithelial cells. We analyzed the behavior within macrophages of adherent invasive E. coli (AIEC) strains isolated from patients with CD. All the 15 AIEC strains tested were able to replicate extensively within J774-A1 cells: the numbers of intracellular bacteria increased 2.2- to 74.2-fold at 48 h over that at 1 h postinfection. By use of murine peritoneal macrophages and human monocyte-derived-macrophages, the reference AIEC strain LF82 was confirmed to be able to survive intracellularly. Transmission electron micrographs of AIEC LF82-infected macrophages showed that at 24 h postinfection, infected cells harbored large vacuoles containing numerous bacteria, as a result of the fusion of several vacuoles occurring after 8 h postinfection. No lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, no sign of DNA fragmentation or degradation, and no binding to fluorescein isothlocyanate-labeled annexin V were observed with LF82-infected J774-A1 cells, even after 24 h postinfection. LF82-infected J774-A1 cells secreted 2.7-fold more tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) than cells stimulated with 1 microg of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/ml. No release of interleukin-1beta was observed with LPS-prestimulated J774-A1 cells infected with AIEC LF82. These findings showed that (i) AIEC strains are able to survive and to replicate within macrophages, (ii) AIEC LF82 replication does not induce any cell death of the infected cells, and (iii) LF82-infected J774-A1 cells release high levels of TNF-alpha. These properties could be related to some features of CD and particularly to granuloma formation, one of the hallmarks of CD lesions.
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- A L Glasser
- Pathogénie Bactérienne Intestinale, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Université d'Auvergne, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Shirin H, Sordillo EM, Kolevska TK, Hibshoosh H, Kawabata Y, Oh SH, Kuebler JF, Delohery T, Weghorst CM, Weinstein IB, Moss SF. Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection induces an apoptosis-resistant phenotype associated with decreased expression of p27(kip1). Infect Immun 2000; 68:5321-8. [PMID: 10948161 PMCID: PMC101795 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.9.5321-5328.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with the development of gastric cancer. In short-term coculture with AGS gastric cells, H. pylori inhibits cell cycle progression and induces dose-dependent apoptosis. Based on the concept that an imbalance between proliferation and apoptosis may contribute to the emergence of gastric cancer, we chronically exposed AGS cells to H. pylori as a model of chronic exposure in humans. The AGS derivatives selected by this process were stably resistant not only to H. pylori-induced apoptosis but also to apoptosis induced by other enteric bacteria and by several toxic agents including radiation and cancer chemotherapy. Like the parental AGS cells, the derivatives underwent G(1)/S-phase cell cycle inhibition in response to H. pylori. The AGS derivatives displayed a marked decrease in cellular levels of the cell cycle control protein p27(kip1). We found a similar decrease in epithelial cell p27(kip1) expression in gastric biopsy specimens from H. pylori-infected patients. These findings are consistent with observations that link decreases in the p27(kip1) level to increased susceptibility to cancer in mice with p27(kip1) deleted and to a poor prognosis of gastric cancer in humans. This is the first demonstration that bacterial infection can lead to apoptosis resistance and to cross-resistance to other inducers of apoptosis such as bacteria, chemotherapeutic agents, and radiation. The development of apoptosis resistance and downmodulation of p27(kip1) may contribute to the increased risk for gastric cancer observed in humans chronically exposed to H. pylori.
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- H Shirin
- Department of Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
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Lai XH, Arencibia I, Johansson A, Wai SN, Oscarsson J, Kalfas S, Sundqvist KG, Mizunoe Y, Sjöstedt A, Uhlin BE. Cytocidal and apoptotic effects of the ClyA protein from Escherichia coli on primary and cultured monocytes and macrophages. Infect Immun 2000; 68:4363-7. [PMID: 10858262 PMCID: PMC101772 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.7.4363-4367.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cytolysin A (ClyA) is a newly discovered cytolytic protein of Escherichia coli K-12 that mediates a hemolytic phenotype. We show here that highly purified ClyA and ClyA-expressing E. coli were cytotoxic and apoptogenic to fresh as well as cultured human and murine monocytes/macrophages.
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- X H Lai
- Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Lai XH, Wang SY, Uhlin BE. Expression of cytotoxicity by potential pathogens in the standard Escherichia coli collection of reference (ECOR) strains. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1999; 145 ( Pt 11):3295-3303. [PMID: 10589739 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The standard Escherichia coli collection of reference (ECOR) strains was examined for ability to exert cytotoxicity towards mammalian cells. A group of strains with functional haemolysin expression caused strong cytotoxicity and detachment in J774 macrophage cells as measured by lactate dehydrogenase release and as observed under a microscope. The expression of haemolysin was monitored by using antisera recognizing the E. coli alpha-haemolysin, the HlyA protein, and by quantitative haemolysis assays. The presence of the hlyA gene, which may be part of a pathogenicity island, was also confirmed. These analyses revealed that different ECOR strains express quantitatively different levels of haemolysin. One putative enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) strain was also found in the ECOR collection. The EAEC strain was characterized by the clump formation assay, PCR amplification of the EAEC DNA probe sequence and confirmative sequence analysis of the amplified fragment. The EAEC heat-stable enterotoxin 1 gene, astA, was found in 14% (10/72) of the ECOR strains and a consensus sequence for astA was proposed by comparing these sequences with those from pathogens. The astA gene appeared to be plasmid-located. Based on evidence from the work of other laboratories and from the present findings, it is concluded that the ECOR collection contains strains that may represent pathogenic E. coli. It is noted that caution is necessary when handling or disposing of those potentially pathogenic ECOR strains.
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- Xin-He Lai
- Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå S-90187, Sweden1
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- Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå S-90187, Sweden1
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- Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå S-90187, Sweden1
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